Place near Longmont, CO

[Shazza]

Hey all you amazing Colorado people.. I have the opportunity to spend one overnighter with my 19yo daughter looking for last minute near Longmont CO with water, trees for Sat noon to Sun evening.... Any suggestions?

[Pete B]

Hello Shazza,
St. Vrain State Park, formerly Barbour Ponds, is right on I-25 (not great!) at one of the Longmont exits. Here is the website: http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/stvrain/ ... nHome.aspx
I've never stayed there, but it would be convenient. There are probably other places not far from Longmont and up in the foothills, but I don't know of any. Hope this helps. Pete

[asianflava]

We've lived here for just a couple years so we haven't visited too many local places.

We checked out St Vrain, we weren't too crazy about it it had lakes but no trees. If you're willing to drive a little bit, Boyd Lake is pretty nice. It's about 20miles away in Loveland. There are camping areas in RMNP, but we couldn't check them out because there were closed when we drove thru the park.

If you're really wanting to camp in town, the only other place I can think of off the top of my head is at the fairgrounds.

[ssrjim]

Is that at the nuclear plant?

[Shazza]

Thanks guys.... I don't really want to camp in town. Just within a half hour to an hour away or so away......

I wonder about the lake.... mmmmm

[bdosborn]

West Lake Campground in the Red Feather Lake region. We were up there two weeks ago and it was awesome. Its probably too late for a reservation though.

http://campincolorado.com/federal/arapa ... _lake.html

You can also find some spots above Bellaire Lake. PM me for details.
Bruce

[bdosborn]

Well how did that spot work out for you?
Bruce

[Shazza]

Hey Bruce.. my daughter came in sick... and spent the entire time with a fever and sleeping.. Guess she came home to have me take care of her... So I'll head up to your spot hopefully in the next week or two.

Thanks a bunch!

[asianflava]

You should try to make it to the Last Gasp gathering. We'll all be there.

[bdosborn]

Not only is the price right but it's the only gathering in Colorado...

Bruce

[doug hodder]

Is that at the nuclear plant?

It closed in '92....went natural gas in '96. Doug